Sameer Wagle

Board Member

Sameer Wagle has over 26 years of Venture Capital and Operating experience in India and South East Asia. He is currently Managing Director at Asian Healthcare Fund (AHF) a Private Equity Fund focused on investing in Healthcare and Healthcare related areas.

Before joining AHF Sameer was Executive Director at Nomura Securities where he headed the Indian activities for the firm’s Private Equity division. Prior to Nomura, Sameer’s experience includes being a Partner at IL&FS Investment Managers, a 5+ year stint in Singapore in the VC space primarily with Vertex Management (a part of the Singapore Technologies / Temasek group) and being part of the early team at GVFL Limited, one of the first Indian Venture Capital firms.

Earlier Sameer had operational assignments at two Indian engineering companies viz – Crompton Greaves and DGP Windsor. He is an Electrical Engineer from the University of Pune, India, an MBA from SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) from the CFA Institute, US and has undergone a Graduate Certificate Program in Public Policy (Health & Life Sciences) from the Takshashila Institution

In his personal capacity, Sameer has been associated with Aavishkaar, India’s first Social Venture Capital firm and Takshashila Institution, an India focused think tank focused on public policy.